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Speakers and Topics

The Rev. Dr. Michael J. Albrecht (Pastor of St. James Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota;Senior Editor Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology) “The Lord and Giver of Life: ConfessionalLutheranism Encounters Pentecostalism in India”

The Rev. Dr. Albert B. Collver III (Director of Church Relations—Assistant to the President,LCMS) “Lutheran Fellowship in the 21st Century”

The Rev. Dr. Charles Evanson (Theological Advisor to the Bishop and Consistory of theEvangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania) “The Shape of Lutheran Ecclesiology”

The Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison (President of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod) "A Visionfor World Lutheranism"

Rev. James Krikava (Trinity Lutheran Church, Brewster, MA) "Mission in the Czech Lands'in bonam partem' and 'in malam partem'"

The Rev. Dr. Makito Masaki (Principal of Kobe Lutheran Theological Seminary; Japan) “TheFaithful Proclamation of Lutheran Theology in Japan and the World in the 21st Century”

The Rev. Dr. Darius Petkunas (Docent on the Faculty of Theology, Helsinki University, Finland;Member of the Center for Baltic Studies of the Humanities Faculty, University of Klaipeda,Lithuania) “The Quest for Lutheran Identity in the Russian Empire until the October Revolution”

The Rev. Stanislav Piętak (Bishop of the Silesian Evangelical Church of the AugsburgConfession) “History of the Lutheran Church in the Czech Republic”

The Rev. Dr. Timothy C. J. Quill (Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Dean of International Studies, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne) “A Vision for Theological

Education in the 21st Century”

The Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast (Academic Dean, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne,USA) "Pastoral Formation in the 21st Century: The Pedagogical Implications of Globalization"

The Rev. Dr. Jobst Schöne (SELK Bishop Emeritus; Germany) “Office of the Ministry and theRoyal Priesthood”

The Rev. Fredrik Sidenvall (Rektor of L.M. Engström Gymnasium in Gothenburg, Sweden)“Bridging not Betraying: Communicating Confessional Lutheranism in the Secularized Context”

The Rev. Alexey Streltsov (Rector of the Theological Seminary of the Siberian EvangelicalLutheran Church, Novosibirsk, Russia) "Lutheran Education in View of 21st CenturyCommunication Technologies"

Conference Registration & Hotel Information

To register for the conference and reserve a room at the hotel, contact Catharine O’[email protected].

The conference sessions (including lunch and dinner) will be held in the conference hall at theAventin Restaurant. This is a five minute walk from St. Michael’s Lutheran Church where we willhold daily Matins and Vespers and a ten minute walk from the Best Western Hotel Páv(Kř emencova 13, 110 00 Praha 1, Phone +420 221 502 111, [email protected];www.hotel-pav.cz/en/. The hotel is about a fifteen minute walk from the old city center. All



rooms include a private bathroom, satellite TV, IDD telephone, complimentary WI-FI internetaccess, and safety deposit boxes. The cost per night for a single room is €65 and a doubleroom is €70 and includes breakfast. There are a limited number of rooms available, so pleaseregister with Catharine O’Neill as soon as possible.

Travel

All participants should come to the Best Western Hotel Páv. Taxi service is available from theairport for approximately 500 CZK (€20) ($30.00). You will need to pay your taxi and bus faresin local currency. There is a currency exchange in the airport, we recommend you use it.

Please be sure to use taxi service AAA only (yellow cabs, letters AAA). This taxi service isprobably the biggest one in Prague and is considered to be the most credible.

More information about the AAA Radio Taxi and transfer from the Ruzyně airport (where to findthem) can be found at their webpage: http://www.aaataxi.cz/Prague-Airport-Ruzyne/.

You can also use public transportation. The cost of a ticket is 26 CZK in most cases, but you willhave to transfer once or twice. It takes approximately 40 minutes to get to the hotel by publictransportation.

Visas

If you require a visa for the Czech Republic, contact Elena Germanová as soon as possible for a Letter of Invitation: [email protected].

Program Committee

Dr. Albert B. Collver IIIDirector of Church Relations—Assistant to the President

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod1333 South Kirkwood RoadSt. Louis, Missouri 63122 USAOffice Phone: 314/996-1430 Mobile: +1 636/[email protected]

Dr. Timothy QuillAssociate Professor and Dean of International StudiesConcordia Theological Seminary6600 N. Clinton StreetFort Wayne, Indiana 46825 USA

Office Phone: 260/452-2137Mobile: 260/[email protected]

Rev. David Jurech (Local Host & Logistics)St. Michael’s Lutheran ChurchMobile: +420 77 55 88 [email protected]